Government Grants for Businesses in Québec
From training programs to research initiatives, discover the diverse range of activities in Quebec that benefit from various forms of support.
In Quebec, as across Canada, there are numerous grants and financing options available to help foster the growth of communities and organizations. This diverse funding landscape draws from both federal and provincial sources, offering specific opportunities tailored to each province, from British Columbia to Quebec. Whether you're looking to develop a project, launch an initiative, or expand a program, these resources are designed to support your endeavors and contribute to regional development.

REGI — Regional Innovation Ecosystems — CED (QC) — Not-for-profit
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Other services (except public administration)

Tax credit for ethanol production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

- Maximum amount : 30,000 $
- All industries

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Acquisition Loan +
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 120% of project cost
- All industries

MaLoi25
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Territorial and sectoral development program — Stream 1.2
- From $5,000 to $300,000
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Aide financière aux festivals et aux événements touristiques - Stream 3: Development and growth
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Up to 30% of project cost
- All industries

Consolidating the entrepreneurial life cycle in the ecological transition
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Educational services

Early Child Development
- No Condition
- All industries

Child & Youth Diabetes
- No Condition
- All industries

Coast Funds - Stewardship Operations Funding
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

Financial assistance program for the development of active transportation in urban areas (TAPU)
- Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Educational services
- Public administration

Coast Funds - Stewardship Project Funding
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- All industries

ADM Fund / 375 idea
- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

Première Ovation - Music
- No Condition
- All industries

Social economy support program (PSES) – Stream 2
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

- Maximum amount : 400,000 $
- All industries

Mississauga Foundation - Catalogue of Community Needs Grants
- Maximum amount : 2,000 $
- All industries

Collective Entrepreneurship Capital Investment Program
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

PRCCM – Stream 2
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

DEL — Loan for Growing Collective Enterprises
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- All industries

- No Condition
- All industries

MRC La Nouvelle-Beauce — Nouvelle-Beauce entrepreneurial web
- Maximum amount : 3,500 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- All industries

Community Interaction Program — Restoration and/or protection of biodiversity
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)

Regional Initiatives Fund (FAIR)
- Maximum amount : 150,000 $
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Utilities
- Construction
- Manufacturing
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Quebec businesses can access a variety of grants and funding to support their growth and innovative projects. Specific programs exist for initiatives ranging from energy efficiency to ecological transition, and sustainable development. Companies can also benefit from specialized advice and mentorship services to maximize their chances of success in grant applications. Online resources, detailed guides, and training workshops are available to assist them throughout the process.

QEPD — Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund - CED (QC)
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Other services (except public administration)

PSO – Organic food
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 27% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Laval Économique — Tax credit – Urban modernization
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Promotion Program – Industry Initiatives Stream
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

Three Phase Network Access Program
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- All industries

The Sisters of Providence Care of St. Vincent de Paul Community Impact Fund - ACEs & Resilience Stream
- No Condition
- All industries

AQT - Young Enterprise Awards
- No Condition
- Information and cultural industries

The Economic Security Program for Cree Hunters
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Off-Road Vehicle Financial Assistance Program - Wildlife and Habitat Protection Stream
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Transportation and warehousing
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

CED — Regional Homebuilding Innovation Initiative
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Construction
- Manufacturing

- No Condition
- All industries

Donation Program
- No Condition
- All industries

WindsorEssex Community Foundation - KidStartGrants
- Maximum amount : 500 $
- All industries

Biofood Innovation Program Component 3 – Business innovation in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture sector
- From $20,000 to $210,000
- Up to 90% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing

innovÉÉ — PARTENAR-IA — Industry
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Up to 35% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Construction
- Manufacturing

ARBJ — Entrepreneurial Skills Development Program
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- All industries

Sustainable Development Support Program for Mining Sector Companies — Stream B
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Enfant Soleil - Sport and Susatainable Health Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

MicroEntreprendre Laval — Financing for entrepreneurs
- From $500 to $20,000
- All industries

Arts Funding Program - Three-Year Operating Funding
- No Condition
- All industries

Accreditation program for private archives
- No Condition
- All industries

Quebec International — Set up or expand a business
- No Condition
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance
- Health care and social assistance

Economic Diversification Fund (FDE) for the MRC des Sources territory
- No Condition
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

La Ruche — ImpACTE Fund
- From $5,000 to $25,000
- All industries
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- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Other services (except public administration)

EPRTNT — Structuring the tourism offer
- From $30,000 to $100,000
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Support Policy For Businesses
- Maximum amount : 40,000 $
- Up to 80% of project cost
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services

- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Support for festivals in the Greater Montréal region
- From $50,000 to $700,000
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Support program for organizations working with people experiencing homelessness
- Up to 2% of project cost
- Health care and social assistance

Support program for the development of reserved designations and promotional terms — Component 3
- Maximum amount : 5,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Tax credit for biodiesel production in Quebec
- No Condition
- Manufacturing

Arts and Culture Grant
- Maximum amount : 200,000 $
- Up to 65% of project cost
- All industries

Metcalf Foundation - Environment Program: Carbon Landscapes
- No Condition
- All industries

CAE Beauce-Chaudière — Traditional Business Loan
- From $25,000 to $300,000
- All industries

Affordable Housing Renovation Program
- Maximum amount : 575,000 $
- Up to 45% of project cost
- Real estate and rental and leasing

- No Condition
- All industries

Mineral Exploration Support Program For Critical And Strategic Minerals
- From $40,000 to $400,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Anges Québec Capital Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

Adapted Business Grant Program
- No Condition
- All industries

Programme Action-Climat Québec
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Public administration

Programme de restauration et de création de milieux humides et hydriques
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- All industries

ESSOR – Component 4: Supporting the internationalization of companies
- Up to 70% of project cost
- All industries

True North Treasure Initiative – Labrador Trough
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- Utilities

Canadian Relations Support Program - Tier 1: Expertise exchange
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Technology showcase - pre-commercialization of innovation
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Information and cultural industries
- Finance and insurance

Sponsorship and Donations
- No Condition
- All industries

SADC Shawinigan — Digital Strategy Fund
- From $10,000 to $50,000
- Information and cultural industries

DEPS — Assistance and support program for local businesses
- Up to 20% of project cost
- Retail trade
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
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- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Taking action for wildlife
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

David S. Howes Fund Grants Program
- No Condition
- All industries

- Maximum amount : 7,500 $
- All industries

AI Expertise Program
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Bourses à la relève Agri-Marché – Dairy sector
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

CMF-SODEC — Predevelopment Program for Television Series Based on Literary Adaptations
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

Springboard for innovation
- Up to 66% of project cost
- Educational services

Call for projects for digital cultural development in the Canadian Francophonie
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries
- Educational services
- Arts, entertainment and recreation

Ascension competition
- Maximum amount : 60,000 $
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Retail trade
- Transportation and warehousing

Mission Inclusion - Support for Quebec Organizations - Organizational Accompaniment
- Up to 66% of project cost
- All industries

Fund to stimulate international business tourism – Stream 2 - Carrying out canvassing activities
- From $5,000 to $200,000
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Accommodation and food services

Tax credit for technological adaptation services
- No Condition
- All industries

FTQ — Regional Funds
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- All industries

CMF-SODEC — Corporate Financial Program for Television Production
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Up to 75% of project cost
- Information and cultural industries

BridgeGreen Fund
- No Condition
- All industries

SADC Lac-St-Jean Ouest — Transfer Strategy Fund
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
- All industries

Call for innovative projects in artificial intelligence: collaborative industrial research and support for innovative entrepreneurship
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Invest-AI — Funding AI adoption
- No Condition
- Professional, scientific and technical services

Programme de traitement des matières organiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC)
- Maximum amount : 5,500,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
- Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
- Public administration

Humami Center — A structured approach to innovation and commercialization based on the specific needs of institutions
- No Condition
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale trade
- Retail trade

Regional Action Support Program (RASP)
- Up to 30% of project cost
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Accommodation and food services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration

Capacity Grants
- Maximum amount : 10,000 $
- All industries

Évolution-Compétences - Professional Norms Component
- Up to 100% of project cost
- Educational services

Social economy support program (PSES) – Stream 4
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 70% of project cost
- Other services (except public administration)
- Public administration